(523) DJANGO'S CUT-PRICE CORPSES (1971) Luigi Batzella rarity
4428DVD
original
Italian title I CORPI DI TAGLIO A PREZZO DI DJANGO [Django's Discounted Price Corpses]
also known as: ANCHE PER DJANGO HANNO UN PREZZO [Even Django Has
a Price]
also (edited version) released as PISTOL FOR DJANGO
director:
Luigi Batzella (as Paolo Solvay)
starring: Jeff Cameron · John Desmont · Gengher Gatti · Esmeralda Barros
· Dominique Badout
The quirky story borders
on unexpected bursts of sexual violence plus rather substantial helpings
of sleaze. Django (played by Jeff Cameron, pseudonym for Geoffredo Scarciofolo)
is after the notorious bank-robbing Cortez brothers, led by the sexually
violent Ramon. However, a Well Fargo detective named Fulton convinces
Django to "hold off on a showdown" until they can discover the
location of the Cortex gold stash.
Usually Spaghetti
Westerns did not contain nude scenes [notable exceptions are STRANGER
AND THE GUNFIGHTER, SCALPS,
BLACK
KILLER, APACHE
WOMAN and EL
CISCO], but Batzella stuck a few in this one (see below pic, left)
despite his producer's complaints. The movie was released uncut for European
audiences, but edited for the wide marketplace including the USA
(this print, however, is the uncut Euro version).
Director Batzella
started his career as a character actor. He has appeared in 30+ films,
performing under his Paolo Solvay alias (i.e., playing a police investigator
in both NIGHTS
OF VIOLENCE and BLOODSUCKER
LEADS THE DANCE). As a filmmaker, Luigi Batzella directed a dozen
movies. He often used the Solvay pseudonym but sometimes he signed the
features as Paul Hamus, Dean Jones or Ivan Kathansky [for his controversial
Naziploitation BEAST
IN HEAT]. He is probably best known for SLAUGHTER
OF THE VAMPIRES and NUDE
FOR SATAN. Mr Batzella died from Parkinson's Disease in November
2008 at age 84.
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An
Italian film; widescreen uncut (85 min.) version in DVD encoded for
ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine; in English language.
Extras include theatrical trailer.
Violence/Nudity/Sexual
Brutality
Viewer discretion is advised.
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